Sky Is The Limit

Just recently I've learned that skyscrapers aren't actually an effective solution when it comes to usable surface. So why is the fuss then? They are like pieces of hyper-sized, ultra-expensive urban jewellery and while the harsh and rightful critiques concern their sensitivity of context and absolute anti-sustainability, there are still a lot of people who'd like to see themselves adorned. In the last decade the insanity moved to the Middle East and Asia and a lot of the starchitects were given carte blanche for excess. But there is a romantic side to skyscrapers too, even if it's left somewhere back in time, with the creepy Howard Roark ascending his first skyscraper opus somewhere back in the fourties. What did he know...